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Selwood has decent kicking skills. Please stop comparing a player like him to Wines. Nobody has a great insight into Wines kicking although from the limited vision on youtube it doesn't seem to be amazing.

How does Wines compare to Mayes and O'rourke as a 'complete' midfielder? Do they have better pace or kicking skills? Can anyone shed some light?

Nice post earlier steve BTW, one thing I will say is prior to writing off some of our inside... or one dimensional players is perhaps to wait and assess once we get the feeling that the players have fully grasped the way Neeld wants them to play. I think they know 'how' but they need to be instinctive in playing this style of football.

Some of those players like McKenzie and Nicholson etc... once they start feeling how to play they will start to look like they have more time, and they will perceive this and therefore their disposal under pressure I believe will be better as a result. Not all will make it, and it's possible that all of those that you have highlighted might not be the way forward.... but some of these guys were seen as better players than some of those you see running round at Hawthorn, Sydney, Collingwood etc... the task is for Neeld, the other coaches and Neil Craig to rewire how these players think and play their football.

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Wines is not one dimensional, he gets the ball gives then runs off to recieve again.

He is also a noted goalkicking midfielder.

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thanks team. I think from all the reports that Oliver Wines ticks our requirements. rather than the negative posts, lets get positive and we how we can get a "hardest team to play approach".

Physically ready

Skilled

Wins the footy...often

Goalkicker

Leadership

Character

Victorian (no go home factor)

Jack Viney highly rates

Easy call

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I think we can safely say its either Toumpas or Wines.

The only way we would get Toumpas is if we did a back room deal as part of the 3 and 13 swap with GWS.

If not, then all my money is on Wines

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Drafting a player like Wines will only help fast track the gaping void of leadership and work ethic at the club. As an added bonus, he's bloody good footballer.

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thanks team. I think from all the reports that Oliver Wines ticks our requirements. rather than the negative posts, lets get positive and we how we can get a "hardest team to play approach".

Physically ready

Skilled

Wins the footy...often

Goalkicker

Leadership

Character

Victorian (no go home factor)

Jack Viney highly rates

Easy call

It's called assessment and opinion. You have chosen to believe that Wines is the 'easy' call. That's your opinion.

I'm sure many of the draftees tick our requirements and Wines looks to be a solid player. Questioning his disposal by foot is not being negative. It's questioning his disposal by foot....

How many others around around the top 10 have similar attributes but better kicking skills? They're the questions I am asking. You have taken offence to a post I made directed at your 'inside mid' comment.

Pick 4 is a not so easy call, and I'm sure the MFC recruiters share the same philosophy.

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It's called assessment and opinion. You have chosen to believe that Wines is the 'easy' call. That's your opinion.

I'm sure many of the draftees tick our requirements and Wines looks to be a solid player. Questioning his disposal by foot is not being negative. It's questioning his disposal by foot....

How many others around around the top 10 have similar attributes but better kicking skills? They're the questions I am asking. You have taken offence to a post I made directed at your 'inside mid' comment.

Pick 4 is a not so easy call, and I'm sure the MFC recruiters share the same philosophy.

It's called assessment and opinion. You have chosen to believe that Wines is the 'easy' call. That's your opinion.

I'm sure many of the draftees tick our requirements and Wines looks to be a solid player. Questioning his disposal by foot is not being negative. It's questioning his disposal by foot....

How many others around around the top 10 have similar attributes but better kicking skills? They're the questions I am asking. You have taken offence to a post I made directed at your 'inside mid' comment.

Pick 4 is a not so easy call, and I'm sure the MFC recruiters share the same philosophy.

That's cool. It wasn't your opinion, I can tell you love the club and know your stuff. It's that you mentioned Magner, Couch, Bail, Nicho as the players I have covered in the same inside mid category as the Hawks and Swans mids. And I had not. The right facts and opinion is fine.

Oh and sorry Wines ticks another box. No injury clouds over him. Make that 8 plus points.

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One player who seems to have been overlooked in all of this talk about recruiting midfielders is Couch... I believe he had quite a good VFL season and I would think that after another full pre-season, he may well be ready for the big time. I won't be too fussed if we go for a Grundy with pick 4 (if available).

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First thing I though was....what if he's our Jetta (L) :)

:)

Don't know, but I hope we can teach him into being a great AFL player. But I suspect it is icing only, from the 'Hogan cake' to sell us the P13 deal.

Not wishing to be a dampener on our celebrations but I think we'll need time for these kids.

P4 must be a ReadytoGo Mid, or Grundy.

So our top 20 picks if we get more, we need more class. If we end up with 4 first Rnd picks, I'd be happy if we take 2 draftees + 2 mature players, or we have to trade for maturity.

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Just came across this article, few days old but has Viney and Wines discussing one another.

The two of us: Viney and Wines

Viney on Wines:-

''I don't know anyone more competitive than Ollie, or anyone that hates losing as much as he does. That's when he cracks the shits, when he loses. He goes nuts and would do anything to turn things around.

Love that quote - a bit different from the quote from Watts a couple of years ago that losing doesn't hurt or something.

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"How do you cope with losing Jack ?" "I move on pretty quickly."

It made me sick at the time.

Yep me too. Look at all the best competitors in different sports around the world and the one thing they have in common is an utter disgust and hatred of losing. Doesn't matter if it's Dermott Brereton or Michael Jordan. There are lots of players that can have all the skills but it is that killer competitiveness that separates the very good from the greats.

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Yep me too. Look at all the best competitors in different sports around the world and the one thing they have in common is an utter disgust and hatred of losing. Doesn't matter if it's Dermott Brereton or Michael Jordan. There are lots of players that can have all the skills but it is that killer competitiveness that separates the very good from the greats.

When he said it I felt like this guy:

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I was listening to SEN on the way home and they were talking to some guy from the AFL who is National Manager to the under 18 comp. I may have got his title wrong. Anyway Fieny asked him to pick the top 3 kids in the land. He picked 4. Whitfield, Toumpas, Grundy and Wines

It seems that Wines is moving up the pecking order, as all other Mock drafts etc have had him 5 -8 in the draft. Hells Gate has told us the club will pick him at 4 if available. He has the physical attributes to compete next year.

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Its humorous that someone very close to the club assured people that we would take Wines at no.4 if he was still there..

but yet here we are discussing it.

I like Wines but he seems to hunt the ball not naturally read it.

Thought this was a bit odd..

When Shifter Sheehan presented Wines with 'player of the TAC cup' on Future Stars about 3 weeks ago, he specifically mentioned that:

'Wines is not the fastest player, but still gets to the ball 1st and away from packs because his reading of the play was so good raw pace didnt matter' (or words to that effect)

Love that quote - a bit different from the quote from Watts a couple of years ago that losing doesn't hurt or something.

Yeah -"he moves on"

Smart. If youve ever played sport at a high enough level you'd know why.

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Its humorous that someone very close to the club assured people that we would take Wines at no.4 if he was still there..

but yet here we are discussing it.

Thought this was a bit odd..

When Shifter Sheehan presented Wines with 'player of the TAC cup' on Future Stars about 3 weeks ago, he specifically mentioned that:

'Wines is not the fastest player, but still gets to the ball 1st and away from packs because his reading of the play was so good raw pace didnt matter' (or words to that effect)

Yeah -"he moves on"

Smart. If youve ever played sport at a high enough level you'd know why.

, mmm . yep , ive played a bit of sport , squash , A grade and school footy , and i can tell ya right now , as soon as you go thru that door it full on , win at all cost , fairly tho , , but if ya get beat ya curse and carry on for a few mins , and then its done its over , you learn and move on , , if you sook all week , you just get beat again , so yeah he moves on , thats cool with me
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I think we can safely say its either Toumpas or Wines.

The only way we would get Toumpas is if we did a back room deal as part of the 3 and 13 swap with GWS.

If not, then all my money is on Wines

interesting thought re back-room deal

however if that was the case we could have used pick 4 instead of 3, so i don't think there was such a deal

never know but

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Yeah -"he moves on"

Smart. If youve ever played sport at a high enough level you'd know why.

The competitive beasts don't just move on. They don't go into a depressive funk either but they use the pain to push them to success. I doubt Geelong just moved on after 2008. Doubt Essendon just moved on after being smashed by the Hawks in 1983. Doubt Barassi and the Demons just moved on after losing in 1958.

The greats use the pain of losing and the fear it will happen again they don't just move on.

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